Big Paintball Maneuvers™-2016

May 21st, 2016 the main Russian paintball event, the Big Paintball Maneuvers™ will be held 20km out of Moscow.

This year theme is

While in Rome do as the Romans do - wear your centurion helmet or use old sheets as toga... Hastati, principes, triarii, legats, senators, consuls, magistrates and pontiffs - all will fight for dictator' imperium and for triumph for General!
BTW, players can use shields :)
Two Castrums stays on sides of Roman Empire - the field camps of irreconcilable opponents, faction Cyaneus (blue) and faction Rubrum (reds). As well as their other fortifications, walls along the borders and in main Roman provinces. Some areas are rich in grain, some in manpower or metall, some are famous for gold mines and some have a lot of different supplies. All are ruled bu Senate and woe to us if enemy manage to capture Senators!

What is the BPM™?

It's BIG - around 3000 players;
PAINTBALL - with markers, tanks, mortars, pyrotechnics and other paintball equipment
MANEUVERS - non-stop 7-hours scenario game on ~1 sq.kilometer site with tens of missions and tasks.

Every BPM has their own theme, scenario and entourage. Both sides form HQ and "regiments" to fight for score points.
BPM is held in mid-May since 1998 by Top-Gun and Guards Paintball Fields and Action Paintball Games. More than 200 personal make the game possible - refs, game technics, sellers, security, cooks etc.

Sides will be guided by HQ - Head Commander, Regiments Commanders, radio operators, staff officers etc. HQ will receive a constant flow of missions and send players to fulfill them. Usually, more experienced players are promoted to squad/group/regiment commanders and receive special insignia. Single players can report to HQ Meeting Point where specially appointed commanders will lead them into the battle. So any player will have chance to engage into 100+ players firefight, raid the opposition's rear or ambush the roads, storm the buildings, destroy the tanks or conduct other forms of paintball bravery and merit an award.

We accept all willing to play (generally, 12+ years old) - just pay the entrance fee. The price depends on date you pay and vary from $20 to $40, including unlimited air fills (absolutely no CO2), army style hot meal, souvenirs (t-shirt, patch or similar), accident insurance. Paint and rentals are extra.

Besides free meal, you'll find several food/beverages booth where you can buy meat kebabs, salads, soft drinks etc. We sell no alcohol till the game's end. Award ceremony will be followed by concert - we enjoyed best Russian groups.

Place:

Green Town sanatorium (sanatory Zeleny Gorodok), Kostino village, Pushkino area of Moscow Region. It's 20km from Moscow city limits and 1km close to one of main highways - Yaroslavskoe Shosse. Google map.

Best way - by car. As soon as you take Yaroslavskoe Highway, you'll need to make just one turn to Kostino and in ~800m you'll be at the Green Town gates. Note: it's good to start VERY early, as you can stick in huge line at the gates - we need to accept and park up to 1500 cars, it takes time.

Public transport: suburban train from Yaroslavsky Train Station to Pushkino station, than by bus #28 or shuttle taxi #28 till the end stop - Green Town. Local taxi is a good choice either.
There will be BPM shuttle buses from Registration to farthest HQ

The field - around 80-100 hectares of different landscape - more than 20 buildings, deep forest and meadows, swamps and roads.
Respawn - every 15 minutes from respawn points and non-stop from HQ